HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY — SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 9:00 & 10:45 A.M.
MONDAY—EVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 29-32
Monday, February 12
Exod. 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch
forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Lord God, Eternal and Almighty:
Some who are lost are hard to teach and reach. Egypt does not know you!
They set up idols, and put them in my face. Companies market addictive
behavior. Yet your goal is to break the stubborn pride of our hearts whether we
want you to or not. So I watch your judgment thunder over their heads, darken
their skies, destroy their harvests, even slay their children. Only then do they
approach me or some other believer with a humility that shows they do
acknowledge your power—because they see it in my life!
Lord, I know you can do things to bring skeptics to their knees. Help me
not be dismayed at the unbelieving taunts of the until you deal with them. You
are able to take care of me, just like you take care of your own name.
The deliverance of your people is always a potent means for making Egypt
know you are the only true God. No Israelite died in any of the ten plagues. Not
one of your children drowned in the Red Sea. Use my own salvation—and my joy
in it—as a tool to make __________ and __________, and the most obstinate of
your enemies acknowledge you as God. They may not accept your Lordship, but
at least they will be confronted with your truth.
Lord, use me! In high tide and at low tide, use me. Hurricane or earthquake,
use me. Make your convicting power go forth from your Holy Spirit as I witness
to people this week. Bless those who are witnessing for you in our city and
abroad. Light the gospel torch until we make a name in our community for Jesus
as Lord and Savior! Do this in spite of our faults, because you know how Jesus is
worthy. So we ask this in his holy name and for your sake alone. Amen.
A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING
Chronological Bible Reading: Leviticus 1-4
Thursday, February 15
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
I STAND before you guilty and unworthy, how can I be forgiven and holy?
And I know I break your heart, but you promised I could start all over
And all the things I’ve done, you’ve placed them each and every one
Into the sea of forgetfulness
You welcome me with open arms of mercy
In spite of all I’ve done you still keep loving me
And I only need to ask, and you erase all of my past forever
My debts have all been paid and they have all been washed away
It’s your unfailing love that covers me and all my multitude of sins
It’s your steadfast love that keeps reminding me I'm forgiven
Placing my sins into the sea of forgetfulness, you’ve placed all of my sins
(For I’m the one who keeps reminding you, over and over again)
Into the sea of forgetfulness
As far as the east from the west, seventy times seven you’ve forgiven me
And you keep cleansing me, and placing my sins into the sea of forgetfulness
—Helen Baylor, 1993
! Hell, and bless us with the workers we need to do all this to your glory! Amen.
† Focus Verse (keep a Promise Journal as you read!)—Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/
TUESDAY—FOCUS ON CHRIST’S LIFE
Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 33-36
Tuesday, February 13
John 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested
forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Glorious Lord and Master:
This miracle is conclusive proof the mother of Jesus cannot intercede for
me with her Son. So I do not come to you through Mary or the saints; I only
come to you through the Spirit. I love you because you did not stop at making
bread from heaven, but you went further and made wine for humans. You give
me luxuries in this life you did not even enjoy yourself!
Moses started his work in Egypt with a miracle of judgment, turning water
into blood. But Lord you overcame the Serpent with the rod of scripture, and
turned my deep waters into wine. You never work plagues on me, even if it looks
like you do. When you use the scalpel, you are healing my diseases.
Marriage was the last relic of Paradise left on this planet, and you hurried to
honor it with your very first miracle. Since you came to that wedding and blessed
it with your presence, I claim my own family as under your care. In many ways
my home—including my children and spouse—raise my life from water into
wine. In other ways, I have providential needs in my home (maybe among my
children and with my spouse). They make opportunities for Jesus to come with
miracles of love. Let me find, like the servants at the wedding party, that it is
good to run short so I can be driven to Jesus by my need. If I had no need I
would not pray and Christ would not come.
Huge empty waterpots are in front of me. My soul is sometimes as full of
sadness as those pots were with water—to the brim! Jesus, by your sweet will,
you can turn all the water into wine. Do it to manifest your glory and so cause
others to believe. Amen!
FRIDAY— CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY
Chronological Bible Reading: Leviticus 5-7
Friday, February 16
Zech. 1:20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters.
Oh Wait, Lord!
Zechariah saw four scary horns, pushing in every direction, crushing the
strongest and greatest of men and women. They were the horns which have scattered
Israel—the same powers that oppose the church today! There are four horns
because we are attacked from all directions. The prophet might well have given
up—but all of a sudden, four carpenters appear. What can they do? They are the
men and women God uses to chop the horns in pieces.
God, give us carpenters this year. We know you always find people for the
work, but the laborers are few, so we are told to pray and ask you for more to
help, building with us! You always bring leaders at the right time. We do not see
the carpenters at the beginning. All we see is opposition—at work, at home,
everyplace we witness. Now let us look for the laborers among us!
Being a body we can always find enough fellowship if we look. If we need
four, we will not be short by three. We find encouragement against all opposition.
We always find the right fellowship in ministry. We do not need four
people with pens to write. We do not need four architects to draw up plans. We
need people testifying with us, doing the rough work. We need them helping us
build bridges, and span gaps in understanding with the gospel of grace.
We do not fret over our apparent weakness. Please Sir, just grow-up in
obscurity valiant soulwinners to shake our city! Maybe we are discipling some
right now. You are laying an ambush with the leaders of the next
generation. At your word they rise to the call. Bring them along to get yourself
victory in souls. This spring, make our church a rescue mission within a yard of
WEDNESDAY—REVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 37-40
Wednesday, February 14
† Matt. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Father in Heaven:
My heart-work is to engage you in prayer. But before I speak, my mind
should prepare. As I prepare my mind for prayer, I look back on yesterday. I
remember my foolish faults, mistakes and sins, and am grieved. I recognize I am
as weak today as I was yesterday. Lord, I feel like if temptation attacks me I will
surely fall into sin—the same sin—as I did in the past.
Help! I gathered experience from yesterday, but Lord I am still as weak as
water. The will to be holy is present with me, but how to perform that which is
good I find not (Rom. 7:18). At the same time, I am intensely dismayed at my own
sins. I would rather die than offend you, God. Even sorrow would be a pleasure
if it kept me from the horror of treacherously sinning against Christ!
I am afraid to go out of this room. Temptations await me in the family, at
my job, and on the way. I am constrained to pray. There are besetting sins, and
being aware of those, I cry to you for help against them! But a black thought
crosses my mind right now, and I do not know what this day will bring forth. I
cannot tell what loss I may have to suffer; I do not know what trouble I will
meet. My ship is on a sea of sunken rocks and quicksand.
Help me rise in revival to follow the course your providence plans for me.
Whatever happens is according to your will. I do not ask you to lead me away
from sorrow or trouble, since they may make me strong. But Lord, do not, I beg
you, lead me where I will be tempted. Make a straight path for my feet. If
temptation must come, then deliver me from evil. Do not let me stain my
garments; you have the power to uphold me. Do it for the glory of Jesus! Amen.
SATURDAY—IN THE PSALMS
Chronological Bible Reading: Leviticus 8-10
Saturday, February 17
Psa. 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my
feet from falling.
Father God:
There are hundreds in the church who can say, thou hast delivered my soul from
death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I say it today to the glory of your
grace, and the comfort of anyone else passing through similar problems. I tested
the power of your truth in my own experience. You give me Christ, and in him
give me all things, so
Psa. 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of
thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Let me re-consecrate myself to you today. I bring myself as your offering. I
confess I belong to you heart and soul, because you redeemed me and delivered
me.
Matt. 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Being set free from the chains of sin, death and hell, I am now glad to wear
the easy, light yoke of my Deliverer. Easy because you guide the way and go
before me. Light because you share the load and pull the burden.
Psa. 116:19 In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
Help me not confine my praise to my prayer closet today! I want to lift it up
in the thick of the throng. With heart and voice help me invite others to join in
my glad adoration.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is
thy health and salvation! Amen and Amen.
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HOW TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE THIS WEEK’S CARE PRAYER LIST PRAYER DIARY

Please submit prayer requests and updates online at hbcbluesprings.org or by

placing a prayer card in the offering plate. Send updates by Wednesday at Noon
1) TIME—WORSHIP
for inclusion in the prayer diary. Questions? dhill@hbcbluesprings.org
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Pray for Members, Family & Friends
Ken & Lori Applegate - health issues
Connie Gilbert - sister, Larry Washington
GIVE GOD THE FIRST PART OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
Pastor William & Lillie McClendon
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
Leona M Brown - mother of Luther & Sharon Brown
devotions.
Dorothy Williams
Clarence Smith- father-in-law of Connie Smith
2) TITHE—WORK
Nathaniel Armstrong - husband of Sallie Armstrong
Bob Wisecarver - nephew of Beverly Guerrero
1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as Jim Rumple - Brother of Lin Tonty
God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Mary Ann Fong
Alpha Tuescher
Dr Bill & June Phillips
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF EVERY DOLLAR—no questions
asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come Bernita Tolbert
Janet Fredrick - mother of Donna Tuescher & Lisa Rocha
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our Christine Howard - relative, Bikendra VanBuren
resources. Erica Stogsdill - daughter in law of Gene & Brenda Stogsdill
Greg Boll - Blue River Association
3) TEAM—WORD Sofie Taylor
Linda Reeds
Keisha Florez
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; Ovi Cornea
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Soft Touch (Cancer Treatment)
GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK. You should fellowship Mary Davis -mother, David Mullins
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church. Linda Brown -sister, Ronnie Starks
Pat Mullinex -mother, Jeff Mullinex
Debbie Parrie - wife, Scott Parrie
QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS Holly Aceves -daughter, Mary Lou Aceves
! Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God) Alfred Boyd -family, Chelsa Bright
! Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of April Jackson -sister, Sonya Jackson
walking with us) Kenny Denman - husband, Shirley Denman
! Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in Barbara Koons - sister, Dave Rosetti
the Word) Grant Stoner - uncle, Jessica Buckallew
Tameka Bedell - friend of Starks family
Carole Jones - mother, James Jones
Sara Zwahlen - friend of Kay Brockmeyer
Camille Trapasso - stage 4 liver cancer
Brittany Nieves - niece, Jim & Lin Tonty
Donna Tuescher
Active Duty Military
Mark Johnson Rich Gitschlag
Josh Keatts Davaile Durham
" INTERCEDE WITH GOD " INSTRUCT SAINTS
" PROMPT PETITIONS " KICKSTART DEVOTION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to
God. We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you
through the Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
—Alan
Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
“Oh,” says one, “I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer.” And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into God’s presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayer—the posture, the
time, place—rather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92
Paige Grantham

Prayer Diary link available online at http://www.hbcbluesprings.org/prayer-diary/